two years ago, i discovered my favorite summer salad in the whole world - a watermelon & blueberry salad with mint simple syrup & lemon zest. delicious!! i make it every summer now, all summer long.
for the fourth of july, i decided to jazz up my favorite salad by cutting the watermelon into adorable little stars! red stars & blueberries - my favorite summer salad just became the fourth of july staple!
i sliced the watermelon into 1/2"-ish slices & used a little star cookie cutter to create the shapes. keep in mind that you want the pieces bite-sized, so adjust your slice thickness with your cookie cutter size.
to update my original recipe: i used an entire seedless watermelon, three pints of blueberries, & still only 1/2 cup of sugar & water for the simple syrup. it was plenty sweet! i only had limes on hand, so lime zest & juice it was. & since amy let me use some fresh, delicious mint from her garden, i used 8 mint leaves in the syrup & finely chopped about 12 more. love it more & more every year!
love love,
kjp.
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